Sign of Changes to Come? A Look at the NCAA’s Transfer Eligibility Rule

By Dr. Michael A. Ross, Ph.D.   In early December, the following seven states brought forth legal action against Bylaw 14.5.5.1, more commonly referred to as the Transfer Eligibility Rule, instituted and upheld by the Defendant, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA – Ohio, Colorado, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The previously highlighted Bylaw requires a one-year delay in athletic eligibility for certain collegiate athletes who are